Ad-Free Listening on Samsung Milk Music to Cost $4 Per Month

Samsung Milk Music is currently ad-free, but that's about to change unless you pay $4 per month.

For now, Samsung's new Galaxy-focused Milk Music streaming service is ad-free. But sadly, that's about to change.

Samsung on Friday posted an infographic to its blog, revealing that users will soon have to shell out $4 a month for a Premium subscription to listen without ads. Buried near the bottom of the infographic, Samsung mentions two plans — a basic service which is free with ads and a premium tier devoid of marketing. Paying for a premium subscription will also net you "some exclusive features," though Samsung did not reveal what they will be.

If you currently use Milk Music, enjoy it while it's still ad-free because Samsung said the new premium service plan will be launching soon, at which time you'll have to pay up or suffer through commercials. To be fair, Samsung did mention that ad-free experience would only be available for a limited time when it launched the app last month.

Milk Music is available exclusively for Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S5, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note 3, and Galaxy Note II. Powered by Slacker, Milk Music boasts a catalog of 13 million songs and more than 200 radio stations covering 17 genres.

The app sports a "dial design" (pictured above), which Samsung says offers a more intuitive and fun way to listen to music. The circular dial is customizable, letting you set up nine of your favorite genre-based stations for easy access. Galaxy owners can head over to Google Play to download Milk Music now.

The model is similar to rival services like Spotify, which interrupts free music listening with ads every now and then, but drops the commercials for premium users who pay $10 per month. The newly released Beats Music (for iPhone and Android), meanwhile, does not offer a free version, requiring users to pay $9.99 per month after a 7-day free listening period.

Angela has been a PCMag reporter since January 2012. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a reporter for SC Magazine, covering everything related to hackers and computer security. Angela has also written for The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of West Virginia University's Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism.
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